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4 The linux kernel has 2 general types of console drivers.  The first type is
12 any time with each driver sharing the console with other drivers including
13 the system driver. However, modular drivers cannot take over the console
16 of driver occupying the consoles.) They can only take over the console that is
18 released by the console, the system driver will take over.
22 	 do_take_over_console() - load and bind driver to console layer
31 examined. This shows the console backends currently registered by the
80 console drivers
83 unbinding will not succeed. An example of an application that sets the console
86 How useful is this feature? This is very useful for console driver
87 developers. By unbinding the driver from the console layer, one can unload the
90 framebuffer console to VGA console and vice versa, this feature also makes
106 Guidelines for console driver writers:
109 In order for binding to and unbinding from the console to properly work,
110 console drivers must follow these guidelines:
114    the console's internal list. It won't take over the
115    console. do_take_over_console(), as it name implies, will also take over (or
116    bind to) the console.
122    driver, which was previously bound, becomes unbound.  The console layer
128    rebind the driver to the console arrives.
135    impossible for the driver to service console requests.  This can happen
136    with the framebuffer console that suddenly lost all of its drivers.
138 The current crop of console drivers should still work correctly, but binding